Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-8

  Kirstein, Inga V ^a   Kirmizi, Sidika ^a   Wichels, Antje ^a   Garin Fernandez, Ale ^a   Erler, Rene ^a   Löder, Martin ^a,b   Gerdts, Gunnar ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; North Sea; Pathogens; Synthetic polymers; Vector

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYPROPYLENES;

BALTIC SEA; MICROPLASTIC PARTICLES; MICROPLASTICS; NORTH SEA; PATHOGENICS; SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION; VIBRIO SPP; WATER SAMPLES;

SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

MICROPLATIC PARTICLE; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISEASE VECTOR; DISPERSAL; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; ISOLATED POPULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASTIC; POLYMER;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BALTIC SEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NORTH SEA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NORTH SEA; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84979082156     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.07.004     Document Type: Article

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